Section NR 24.04 - Licenses; permits(1) CLAMMING. No license or permit is required to engage in clamming.(2) COMMERCIAL CLAMMING. The license requirements of s. 29.537(3), Stats., apply to clam buyers, assistant clam buyers, commercial clam shellers and clam helpers, except as provided in subs. (3) and (4).(3) EXEMPTION FOR CHILDREN. A resident child under age 16 may not engage in commercial clam shelling without a commercial clam sheller license unless the value of the clams taken, killed, collected or removed by the child does not exceed $1,000 in any year and the child has a department permit. A permit issued under this subsection is valid from January 1 or the date it is issued, whichever is later, until December 31 or the child's 16th birthday, whichever occurs first.(4) APPLICATIONS. A person required to have a license or permit under this section or s. 29.537(3), Stats., shall apply to the department on forms provided by it. The department shall deny any application for a license which is not accompanied by the appropriate license fee specified by s. 29.563(7), Stats. No fee may be charged for a permit. Note: Forms may be obtained from DNR area offices listed in the note following s. NR 24.07, or by writing: DNR Bureau of Fish Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.
(5) DEADLINE. The department shall grant or deny a complete application for a permit or license under this section within 25 business days after it has been received by the department.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 24.04
Cr. Register, May, 1987, No. 377, eff. 6-1-87; corrections in (2) and (4) were made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register November 2001 No. 551.